Facilities Services will be conducting controlled burns on the prairie areas of the Springfield campus over the next few weeks, weather permitting. The burns will be on the upper prairie on the north side of Menard Hall, on the west side of the Workforce Careers Center and on both sides of the entrance to campus.
The controlled burns have been approved by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
Bistro Verde, LLCC’s student-run café, will again be open for lunch Spring semester Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. March 22 – April 28 featuring a Creole-themed menu. Reservations are strongly encouraged, and can be made by emailing bistroverde@llcc.edu, calling 786-2821, or stopping at the café during hours of business.
Tamie Penning, project and web services manager, recently graduated summa cum laude from Capella University with her bachelor of science degree in information technology. She has been accepted into a graduate program at Capella. Congratulations!
The Shared Governance Council discussed student involvement on teams and the leadership funding available for the professional development of council members, among other agenda items. Click HERE to read the minutes of the Feb. meeting.
The LLCC Board of Trustees will meet Wednesday, March 23 at 5:15 p.m. in the R.H. Stephens Room, Menard Hall. Find the agenda and catalog addendum for the meeting HERE.
You are invited to a ribbon cutting at the LLCC Bird Banding Station Tuesday, March 22, at 10:30 a.m. (weather permitting). A new building constructed by LLCC workforce construction trades students will allow biology students to conduct bird banding research and data collection inside, as well as provide storage space for the athletics department. The brief ceremony will include comments from Dr. Charlotte Warren, president; Tony Rothering, professor of biology; Vern Kleen of the Lincoln Land Association of Bird Banders; and a student involved in bird banding. If you plan to attend, we suggest boots or old shoes, as the ground may be soft.
LLCC hosted a site review for continuing accreditation of the associate degree nursing program and initial accreditation of the licensed practical nursing program by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) this week. Valerie Wright, associate dean of nursing, reports:
The ACEN site visitors found both the ADN and LPN programs in FULL compliance with all of the standards and criteria! There were a few areas for development, but those were to be expected. Their recommendation to ACEN will be full reaccreditation for the ADN program for eight years and full initial accreditation for the LPN program for five years (which is standard for an initial accreditation). The next step will be a review by the Evaluation Review Panel which will meet in June and then the final step is approval (hopefully) by the ACEN Board of Commissioners in July.
I had the privilege of transporting the visitors throughout the visit and they could not say enough great things about our program, students, faculty and staff. Words simply cannot describe my sincere gratitude for all that everyone has done. It would be a very long email to list everyone who was involved in this process, but please know, your hard work and efforts have not gone unnoticed.
Together, we had a successful visit and what an honor and privilege it has been to be a small part of it.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
With gratitude,
Valerie Wright MSN, RN, CNE
The Vice President of Student Services is currently seeking nominations for student speakers for Commencement 2016. If you would like to nominate a student, instructions, along with an application and graduate listing are attached for your convenience. All nominations should be returned to Gailyn Draper, Menard Hall, room 1255, no later than Noon on Friday, March 25th. Nominees must have completed graduation requirements at the end of summer term 2015, fall semester 2015, or be candidates for graduation at the end of spring semester 2016 or summer term 2016. All nominated students need to have their speech ready to audition on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in Menard Hall, M2209.
The office of the Vice President of Student Services is seeking nominations for Outstanding Graduate for Commencement 2016. If you would like to nominate a graduate, instructions and an application for nomination is attached along with a listing of students who have applied for graduation. Please complete and return to Gailyn Draper, Menard Hall, room 1255 by Noon on Friday, March 25. Nominees must have completed graduation requirements at the end of the summer term of 2015, fall semester 2015 or be candidates for graduation at the end of spring semester 2016 or summer term 2016. Thank you!
Our condolences to Linda Chriswell, Accessibility Services Professional, on the passing of her husband, Claude Oberheim, March 14. Claude was an adjunct Sociology and Math instructor at LLCC for many years. Cremation was accorded by the Lincoln Land Cremation Society. Memorials are suggested to the Claude Oberheim Memorial Fund: Illinois National Bank; Pleasant Plains, IL 62677.
Obituary can be found at: http://www.lincolnlandcs.com/obituary/Claude-Phillip-Oberheim/Pleasant-Plains-IL/1599112